Program to serve ninth- and 10th-graders from county's three schools

7:30 PM,
Mar. 10, 2014

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On a Thursday afternoon at North Oldham High School, students in Pete Williams' "Engineering Concepts" class cheered as senior Tyler Thompson's small wooden bridge cracked from the weight of holding a bucket containing six kilograms of water.

Williams' class is "by far the most hands-on class I've ever taken," except for labs, Tyler said, adding that the approach is good for learning basic physics concepts.

Project-based learning is the crux of Williams' class, which began 10 years ago and continues to be popular among high school juniors and seniors. ...